Adjustable spring attachment for closet seats



March 17, 1925- I 1,529,656

L. KORNHAUSER ADJUSTABLE SPRING ATTACHMENT FOR CLOSET SEATS Filed April 28, 1924 Patented Mar. 17, 1925;

eew ree emrr J rusale ?oei eeseaseee To all whom z't.-may,00nce1m: I

'5 ie it known, that: I, irLours iKORNHAUSER, a citizen of the United States, residingiat Cleveland, in the i. county ofs; Guyahoga and State. of Ohiorhaveinventedpcertaintnew and useful:tlmprovements in Adjustable .Spring 1 Attachments @for 1 Closet .zSeats oi which ,;the

followingzis arspecification.

' My invention relates-zto improvements adj fustable spring. attaehmentizfonelosetiseats and has-for itsiobject the provision of..a..:de-

:vicetthati may; bell-readily. attachedlto andia'dj-nsted .with respect eto idilfi'erenteclasses of v closet 1 seats without diHiCu-Ityor attendant expense .iorfitting.and/alteration. v

J.In..a deviceof'. this typetadaptedafor a ttachment to and t-removal ezfrom -Tvar 'ous classes of closetseats; it ...is necessaryito. afford a wide range of adjustmenti ffor ithe spring which actuatesthei'seat normally into vertical position, as welLas-wideadaptation' for difi'erent seatsupports.

Moreover, it is requisite thatstheaseveral parts of: the. attachment should ibesimple in structure. in addition ito combining; lightness Accordingly, my endeavor and 6 strength.

hasbcen to-combine theseil-featuresiinla de- I vice thatisadapted P Q Hy -for universal use .and jgforj interchange r from- .onep'osition to another.

Theadetails of structure and ithe-zpurpose and operation thereof may besfi betex plained by -making reference to ithe accompanying draw 1ngs,wh ere 1n:

Fig:'12.issaplan view of: a closet seat to' which my improvements have been applied; the. seat and lid being closed, and Fig. 2 is a view thereof in side elevation. Throughout these drawings I have employed the same character of reference to indicate similar parts. Rearwardly attached two transverse bolts 6, which extend through to the rim of the porcelain bowl a are the usual seat and cover members I) 0 respectively The hinge support e and rod d are shown broken away at one side for the purpose of better illustrating my improved construction which I shall now describe.

1 This attachment comprises a tubular member 7 having a spring 9 terminally coiled about the tube; one end of the springbeing retained in an adjustable collar h provided with a set screw h, while the other end of. said spring extends beneath the seat and reacts thereon. The tube 7 is provided with providedl for and adapted to hinged to the transverse pivot rod'd;

the barii adiacentito whieh'ebolts enableithe ports.,uponetheiboivl,.i

attaohmenteto iberelaniped fiiirily-siri position uponazthe hingeumenibers asibest showngin LM hen the atta'ehm'entihas I to ith e h inge sup-p orts necessary-imlicly to. adjust! the .ftension of the. g ein tto the weight .cof -the seat tbyeiintatingggthelicollariih thereonrandretainiitgiriiitsadjustedgtelision- 1 mg pos1t1on aby v meansfiof- .rth'e' sjet screwl; It

Normally this spring tension willebetsuffi cientitoiraiseith'e seattstibstantiallyi to ver tical -p osition, as "shown .iby idott'ed 1i (Flgfifi) .Jwhennelie vedgofsthe vei-giht. the cover thi-sl..-tensioning.-also hei g sufficient to cushion theiforce ofathefib'lo. in cas'eI the seat fandec'over are violently closed However, under,some-circumstances, ltimay beidesirableto adjust-the tension-su eient'ly 4 to K overcome the weight @o'f igbotlu of; these members-and throw "them 'nql m'al ly into gverticali positiomflwhich is accomplished simply byfurther rotationro f jthecollarflt upqlihthe I In order to aflorcl certain.longitudinal playifor the en'd (if-the. spring with respect to-LIthep voted -seat', a loope port-i on y'flis de -between the retainii ng stud and wee Plate 1 fixed toiithetunderssideof said seat Thus the attachment is made; rea'd ly and dely adaptable j for use -up0 n' ari'ous classes 50 1-2 closet seats andit'hose' of diilerent-wight and construction, while they may be'readily inter-changed from one seat to order to give the, desired s'ervice.

; It may be noted that the member supporting the coiled .springpreferably'is of tubuanother in lar construction in order to combine lightnesswith a sufiicientlylarg'e diameter to accommodate the coiled spring. coils of said spring preferably are mounted terminally adjacent Moreoventhe v to'either end of said member so that they will-notinterfere with the ready attachment'or removal ofthe dei vice by actuating the bolts and clamping a bar upon the hinged'portion of the jcloset seat. my invention and the advantageous. features'and. utility thereof, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent the following:

Having now describedthe embodimentofim v 1. In a device (if the class described, the j 65 sufficiently to..placez.athel.v .necessaryetenfi ion' i adjusting collar'rotatably secured near one end thereof, a coiled spring mounted upon said cylindrical member with one end affixed to. said adjusting collar and the other end extended for attachment to the closet seat, a clamping member opposing said tubular member, and screw-acting means for clamping the hinged portion of the closet seat securely therebetween, substantially as set forth. i

3. In adevice of the class d-escribed,the

combination with a tubular member, of an adjusting collar rotatably mounted thereon, a spring coiled about said tubular member having one of its ends anchored to'the adjusting collar and the other extended for attachment 'tothe closet seat, a clamping bar opposing said tubular member, and bolts extending through said bar and member adapted removably to secure the device upon the hinged portion of the closet seat, substantially asset forth.

a. In a device of the class described, the combination with a cylindrical member of relatively large diameter, of an adjusting collar provided thereon, a two-section spring terminally coiled thereon to free the member intermediately and having one of its ends engaged by the adjusting collar and the other end extended for attachment to the .closet seat, and clamping means forattaching said member removably to the hinged mounting of said seat, substantially as set forth. I

5. In a device of combination with a tubular member of an "adjusting collar rotatably mounted thereon,

a spring called about said member having one of its ends retained by the collar and the other end looped, a coacting wear-plate slidably engaging said loop, and clamping means for removably attaching said member to the mounting of the seat, substantially as set forth.

6. In a device of the class described, the combinationwith a toilet bowl, of a hinge mounting'and a seat provided thereon, and a spring attachment for said seat comprising a tubular member, an adjusting collar rotatably secured near one end thereof, a coiled spring mounted upon said cylindrical member with one end anchored to said adjusting collar and the other end extended to bear beneath said closet seat, a clamping member opposing said tubular member, and, screw-acting means for. removably clamping the hinged portion of the closet sea-t securely therebetween, substantially as set forth;

7. In a device of the class described, the combination with a toilet bowl, of a hinge mounting and a seat provided thereon, and an elevating spring device for said hinged seat, comprising cylindrical member of relatively large diameter, an adjusting collar provided thereon, a two-section spring terminallycoiledat each end of said member to free it intermediately and having one of its ends anchored to the adjusting collar and the opposite end extended beneath the closet seat, and clamping means removably attachingv thespring device to the hinge mounting of the seat, substantial- 1y as set forth.

In testimony whereof I do now affix my signature.

- LOUIS KORNHAUSER.

the class described, the 

